Keep Track of Your Plants with Our Weatherproof Markers

Mark the locations and names of plants and bulbs in garden

Vertical nameplates are unobtrusive

Rustproof, zinc-coated nameplates, galvanized steel wire legs

Set of 25

As your perennial garden evolves, it can be hard to remember which plant is which. These durable markers record variety names and planting dates, and keep you from digging up plants by mistake. Slim and unobtrusive, they virtually disappear in the foliage yet there's plenty of room to write on the nameplate. We recommend our permanent Paint Marker, sold separately.

I have been putting in perennial beds (in a formerly bare yard) for the last two years, with new plants constantly coming and going. Some of these are bulbs, some die to the ground in winter (even here on the Gulf Coast), and some just plain die. And what lives, grows rapidly into a wall of green and flowers, so that I might not even remember that I put in a plant that was completely overwhelmed by its more successful neighbors! So for me to be able to remember in spring where the spider lilies or the gloriosa lilies are planted is no small thing--or in August to remember that I put paperwhites in that space over there, before I stick in a shovel and dig them up (again)--and where did I put those tuberoses?!--well, these markers are awesome. I have used them sparingly in raised bed seeding, but mostly I hoard them for the perennial garden. I'll keep ordering more...and more...and more!

I used these in my new perennial garden last year so I would know which things I needed to leave in the spring and which I should weed out. The ink stayed on throughout the change of seasons, I'm learning to recognise my plants by connecting the name and leaf shape since the labels are right there as I work around the plants. This set was my second, and I already need more as I'm working my way around the yard.

I like the vertical markers because they are easy to pull up and replace even when foliage is thick. Why replace them? In addition to reminding me what I have put where, I like to make notes about changes I want to make, like, "Needs tall support," "Divide in spring," or plans for next year, like, "Woodland Phlox here" or "Put in tall foliage." They are also great for ideas about fall bulbs ("Needs clump of red tulips" or "Add Muscari") when it's spring and you are having those thoughts. They tuck away easily into foliage, so they do not show once things get going in the spring.

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